Senior Backend Engineer, IAM at Reddit

Role overview

Reddit’s Identity and Access Management team operates mission-critical, highly performant systems for identity, authentication and authorization across millions of users and backend services. This senior backend role combines delivery, technical coaching and mentorship.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship backend services for authentication, authorization and identity.
• Improve availability, performance, scalability and security of IAM systems.
• Partner with product management, security, client engineering and backend teams on IAM strategy and roadmap.
• Coach and mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on complex systems.
• Investigate production issues, improve observability and strengthen operational practices.

Qualifications

• Strong senior backend engineering experience with distributed production systems.
• Experience with identity, authentication, authorization and security-sensitive services.
• Ability to design reliable, scalable APIs and services with high uptime.
• Strong programming, systems and operational fundamentals.
• Excellent communication, mentoring and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Technology in this role

• AWS: • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, .
• GCP: • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, .
• Kubernetes: • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, .
• Go: • Proficiency in one or more general purpose programming languages (preferably .
• CI/CD: • Experience with (or curiosity to learn about) essential cloud infrastructure (Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, .
• OIDC: • Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management and/OR Authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), centralized authorization .
• SAML: • Technical understanding of core identity concepts, authentication protocols (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML), session management and/OR Authorization access models (ABAC, RBAC, ReBAC), centralized authorization .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Senior Backend Engineer, IAM position at Reddit is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “Reddit’s Identity and Access Management team operates mission-critical, highly performant systems for identity, authentication and authorization across millions of users and backend services. This senior backend role…” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the software engineering area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Design, build and ship.

Benefits

• Comprehensive Healthcare Benefits and Income Replacement Programs
• Global Benefit programs that fit your lifestyle, from workspace to professional development to caregiving support
• Mental Health & Coaching Benefits
• Flexible Vacation & Paid Volunteer Time Off
• This job posting may span more than one career level.
• In addition to base salary, this job is eligible to receive equity in the form of restricted stock units, and depending on the position offered, it may also be eligible to receive a commission. Additionally, Reddit offers a wide range of benefits to U.S.-based employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 401(k) program with employer match, generous time off for vacation, and parental leave. To learn more, please visit https://www.redditinc.com/careers/ .
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About Reddit

Reddit is a community platform. Its IAM team manages identity, authentication and authorization across users and backend services.

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